Sap Techno Functional Consultant
Summary:
Around Seven (7) years of professional experience in design, development and support of enterprise wide, multi-tier application software, with core expertise in SAP HR, ESS/MSS. Have adopted and applied sound goal oriented principles throughout the product development lifecycle. Worked with large organizations as developer as well as consultant, and possess a solid balance of technical experience and smart business assessment ensuring that business goals are met and the needs of the corporation are implemented. Skilled in eliciting customer demands, managing requirements and translating them to functional and usability requirements from project inception phase through release planning.
Specific Expertise:
- Over 6 years of experience as development specialist, Technical and Techno-Functional Consultant on SAP technologies.
- Hands on experience in maintaining ESS/MSS applications, which includes and not limited to applications related to Time Management (Leave Request, Working Time), Performance Management, Personal Information, Bank Information, Travel Management, Organization Chart, Careers and Jobs (Employee Information), Benefits (Open Enrollment, Life and Work events), and applications related to MSS like, General Information, modifying OADP configuration, portal content setup for HCM Processes and Forms, Enterprise Compensation Management, Talent Management.
- Over four (4) years of experience in product development - design and development of enterprise applications on SAP Technologies mainly in NWDS, NW 7.0.x, NW7.1.x Application Server, NetWeaver Tools(Visual Composer, WebDynpro) and Enterprise Portal.
- Excellent experience in design and development enterprise applications using WebDynpro for JAVA on SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio IDE.
- Expertise in technical analysis and customization BSP (Business Server Pages) applications for HR Performance Management (Appraisal Systems) application.
- Experience in Enterprise Compensation Management (ECM) configuration, including OADP, content and user administration in portal for ECM.
- Expertise in SAP EP and SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio (NWDS), Enterprise Portal Content Administration, System Administration, User Administration.
- Experience in working on WebDynpro ABAP, ABAP, ABAP Objects, BadIs, and Functions.
- Configured UWL to allow workflow tasks for approval process in ESS leave request, MSS processes and forms.
- Experience in designing and maintaining of company intranet portal containing company information like company news, company directory and other workplace tools
- Experienced in implementing SSO (Single Sign-On) through UIDPW, SAP Logon Tickets, and SSL in SAP Portal landscape with between Portal and ECC 5.0, ECC 6.0, BI 7.0
- Experienced in deploying of WebDynpro Applications into Portal and Configuring JCO Connections to connect to the back-end systems
- Configured NetWeaver Development Infrastructure (NWDI) using Component Build Service (CBS), Change Management Service (CMS), Design Time Repository (DTR), User Management Engine (UME) and System Landscape Directory (SLD) application interfaces
- Experience in working on Guided Procedures.
- Hosted BW Reports onto Portal for different domains which include SRM, HR.
Technical Summary:
SAP Technologies:
- SAP Application Server NW7.0.13, NW7.1.0, SAP WAS 6.4.0, NetWeaver Portal 04 and 04s, SAP R/3, ECC 6.0 EnhP2, EnhP3, EnhP4, UME, JCO, SDM, Visual Administrator, NWDI
- Enterprise Portal configuration and Strong Web AS experience.
- NetWeaver Development Studio (WebDynpro for Java), Visual Composer, DTR, Component build Service (CBS).
- Design and development on WebDynpro for ABAP
- SAP R/3, Business Server Pages (BSP), ABAP objects, BAdIs, function modules, WebDynpro for ABAP.
- EP 6.0,EP 7.0, EP 7.1: iviews, Roles, Worksets, Pages, Users, Groups
Business Domain and Functionality
- HR Performance Management – Appraisal Systems
- Enterprise Compensation Management (ECM) ECC 6.0
- HR Time Management
- HR Benefits
Web Technologies:
- Strong Object Oriented Concepts with experience working on Java 2.0 (EJB , J2EE , Servlets)
- Web Development using JavaScript, JSP, Markup Languages, XML
Professional Work Experience
Confidential,West Palm Beach, FL
Role: SAP Technical Consultant Duration:Oct ’10 – Present
Responsibilities:
Public Budget and Formulation – Technical Resource
- Configured Federated Portal network between CE 7.1 and EP 7.01.
- Created SAP NWDI tracks for ongoing development.
Portal – Technical Resource
- Program solutions (Portal) and modifications based upon functional requirements and consultation with Business.
- Create documentation for all designs and technical specifications.
- Create and maintain a catalog of all issues related to the development effort.
- Participate in user functional and technical specification development.
- Prepare unit test plans and data, and perform unit/program testing.
- Follow the District’s developmentprocedures and standards.
- Maintain the District’s SAP ESS Homepage configuration in the SAP Enterprise Portal.
- Modified ESS applications which includes, W-4 Tax Withholding, modifying column width in CATS timesheet, modify ESS Address, ESS Personal information, ESS Skills Profile, ESS Bank Information.
- Created custom applications to include in ESS role, which will display education records for the user.
- Created a custom application for Contract Form, which allows users to create day-to-day contracts.
- Maintain the District’s guided procedures in the SAP Enterprise Portal.
- Maintain portal roles and contentin the District’s Federated Portal network.
- Perform all development and maintenance withinSAP NWDI tracks, and use NWDI functions to promote development objects through the District’s portal landscape.
- Resolve portal development, configuration, and functional issues in a hands-on manner.
Dashboards – Technical Resource
- Developed dashboards for executives at the district using VC 7.0 and BI 7.0.
Basis Administration
- Monitor system performance.
- Maintain JVM Parameters.
Environment: EP 7.01, CE 7.11, ECC 6.0, BI 7.0, NetWeaver Developer Studio 7.01 and 7.11.
Confidential, Overland Park, KS Duration: Oct ‘07 – Dec ‘10
Role: SAP Techno Functional Consultant
Responsibilities:
Development
From
To
Performance Management (HAP)
Oct ‘07
Dec ‘07
Enterprise Compensation Management (ECM)
Jan ‘08
Dec ‘08
e-Recruitment
Jan ‘09
Nov ‘09
Talent Management
Jul ‘09
Nov ‘09
Time Management
Dec ‘09
Mar ‘10
Benefits
Apr ‘10
Aug ‘10
Production Support
Sep ‘10
Dec ‘10
E-Recruitment-Technical Analyst
- Configured Portal content for E-Recruiting,
- Modified ESS application for Candidate profile.
- Responsible for understanding Functional Specifications followed by writing corresponding Detail Design Specifications.
- Responsible for developing high quality solutions based on completedFunctional Design Documents
- Co-ordinate and track development activities of development team for e-recruitment
- Design and development of custom Candidate and Agency application for e-recruitment using WebDynpro for ABAP and function modules.
- Design and development of custom BSP applications for Requisition for Recruiter and Manager
- Modified Candidate Profile and Application Wizard (Smartforms) as per the Business Requirements.
- Created Custom PD Infotypes.
Enterprise Compensation Management-Technical Analyst
- Configured ECM portal roles and WebDynpro iView customizations.
- Created OADP column configurations and custom development of rules and function modules.
Performance Management – Development Lead
- Analyzed the business requirements for the customized Performance Management application with the client Business Partners and functional team and suggest technical solutions.
- Lead development for customization of the standard BSP application for HCM Performance Management (hap document). This included changes to the BSP main application class, changes to pages, customized BadIs and function modules.
Portal Content Development and Configuration
- Customize standard applications in ESS / MSS using NWDS.
- Maintain Homepage Framework for ESS, ECM (Custom Roles as per Swiss Re’s requirement).
- Modified ESS applications (Employee Search, Organization Chart, CATS timesheet, Leave Request, Time Accounts, Custom Time Statement, Address, Bank Information).
- Modified MSS application (General Information), Employee Information application to include the Candidate Profile.
- Enterprise portal Content administration – configure iviews for the Performance Management and other applications on the portal. Create worksets, pages and iviews for HR related content.
- End-to-end implementation using NWDI (NetWeaver Development Infrastructure).
- Created Custom namespace and track for the customization of Business Packages according to the requirement.
- Created DC’s (Development Configurations) for the customization.
- Worked on creating custom Portal Themes.
- Customized Portal Masthead to change the layout and inserted new link in Masthead for Support Desk mechanism.
- Implement Single Sign-On involving different systems- SAP R/3, SAP BI, SAP CUA, and SAP SolMan.
- OADP (Object and Data Provider) configuration settings and changes for MSS general Information and ECM (Enterprise Compensation Management).
- Creation of Knowledge Management iviews, document iviews, navigation iviews, discussion iviews, Document handling, KM transports, external file repository
- Customization the portal in terms of corporate branding, Navigation Hierarchy including Framework pages, Top-Level Navigation and Detail-Level Navigation/Portal Desktop/Portal Display rules/Theme Generation/Page layouts.
- Created system for SAP R/3 , SAP BW, SAP SRM, SAP CRM for enabling SSO (Single Sign-On)
- Integrated BW Templates/Queries reports from different domains to SAP Enterprise Portal, which includes HR, SRM, and CRM.
- Worked extensively on integrating SRM applications to Portal, which includes customizing the templates used for hosting the application.
ABAP
- ABAP classes, BAdI enhancements, function modules, programs.
- Created custom theme for HR applications.
- Created custom application for mass upload of photos. Created repository in SAP R/3 which connects to documentum.
Time Management
- Configured PCD (Portal Content Directory) for ESS applications for Time Management, which includes CATS timesheet, Leave Request, Quota Overview.
- Defined Work Break Schedules, Daily Work Schedules and created Period Work schedules for day shifts and rotating shifts as well as generated work schedules as per the client specifications.
- Defined Attendance/Absence Types for different personnel subarea groupings.
- Maintained features SCHKZ, WRKHR, WWEEK, TMSTA, LLREP and QUOMO as required.
- Worked on quota generations and deductions using attendances/absences by defining deduction rules and assigning them to counting rules.
- Defined Time types (T555A), Processing types (T510V) and assigned them to time pair types in table T555Y/T555Z.
- Defined Rule Groups and Generation Rules for Quota Type Selection.
- Configured different data entry profiles for the Cross Application Time Sheet (CATS) for recording time data.
- Configured different error messages and used them in the Time Evaluation.
Benefits
- Defined Benefit Areas, and configured the different plans required for the company.
- Configured Evidence of Insurability within Benefits.
- Configured Life and Work Events using Guided Procedures.
- Customized the SAP delivered business package applications to client requirements.
- Configure ESS applications for Benefits.
Miscellaneous
- Portal Development in all areas like Logon Page, Mast Head, Portal Frame work according to corporate design, Desktops, Custom Themes, portal Transports.
- Handling code enhancements, issue tracking and resolutions.
- Participated actively in daily client meetings to co-ordinate various activities.
- Custom Web Dynpro ABAP application to retrieve compensation documents.
Environment
Enterprise Portal 7.0 SP13, NetWeaver Developer Studio 7.0, Web Application Server 6.4, Adobe Designer 6.0,WebDynpro for Java, SAP ECC 6.0, SRM 5.0, CRM 7.0
Confidential,Tampa, FL Duration: Oct 06- Aug 07
Role: Senior SAP NetWeaver Technical Consultant
Responsibilities
- Involved in understanding the requirements.
- Integration WebDynpro application with SAP ENTERPRISE PORTAL (EP)
- Involved in designing the applications.
- Responsible for preparation of Unit Test plan.
- Responsible for unit and system testing of application.
- Involved in documenting user manual, configuration guide and DB design document.
- Involved in migrating all business packages from EP 6.0 to EP 7.0.
- Configuration of J2EE Server for the deployment of the application into the portal.
- Consult SAP HCM personnel to determine business, functional and technical requirements for specified applications.
- Implemented the travel management and travel request, personal change request of HR module in ESS and MSS.
- Involved in the implementation of shopping cart in SAP SRM using the catalog management and content management.
- Involved in integrating BW reports to SAP ENTERPRISE PORTAL (EP).
- Used Software Deployment Manager for deploying .ear files and .epa files.
- Created Systems for SAP R/3 and Oracle backend systems.
- Created iviews, roles, pages, worksets and set right permissions in content administrator of portal.
WebDynpro Coding
- Involved actively in coding the UI using WebDynpro, ENTERPRISE JAVA.
- Involved in creation of WebDynpro iviews.
- Involved in WebDynpro coding using RFCs.
- Involved in development of Offline Interactive Adobe PDF Form.
- Involved in writing client level validations.
PDK Coding
- Involved in development of applications using PDK (Abstract Portal Component, DynPage, JSP DynPage)
- Customize portalapp.xml for displaying information or data on the browser
EP Customization
- Customized logon page, masthead and internal pages.
- Worked on creating custom themes and customizing the existing themes in portal display of System Configuration
- Exported all iviews, roles, Work sets, pages, and themes, desktop rules, default desktop and System to business packages.
- Single Sign On in EP 6.0 using User Mapping
- Created Users and assigned to groups in SAP ENTERPRISE PORTAL (EP) and achieved group level authorization.
- Mapped users in User administration using user mapping for SAP ENTERPRISE PORTAL (EP) System (R/3 system).
Administration
- Created a technical system for SAP R/3 and Oracle in technical landscape of System Landscape Directory.
- Created JCo destinations (RFC MetaData & RFC ModelData) for R/3 in Content administrator.
- Involved in importing and customizing ESS business package into the SAP ENTERPRISE PORTAL (EP)
Environment: Windows 2003 Server, SAP Enterprise Portals (EP) NWDS, SAP WebAS 6.40 SP7.0, SAP R/3 ECC 5.0,ECC 6.0, Oracle 10g, Test Director 8.0, ESS, SAP Enterprise Portals (EP) , ABAP, ENTERPRISE JAVA.
Education:
- Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Science and Information Technology)